How common is the surname Blatchford?

1,023 people in the United States had the surname Blatchford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. It ranked 24,466th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blatchford?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Blatchford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Blatchford?

Samuel Blatchford, American jurist (1820–1893); US Supreme Court justice from 1882 to 1893.

Where is the surname Blatchford most common?

Wikidata records people named Blatchford in the United States.

Is the surname Blatchford getting more or less common?

More common. 1,016 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,023 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Blatchford

An English place surname, carried by 1,023 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blatchford is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, which is probably named with the Old English personal name Blæcca + ford (“ford”).

Blatchford is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,023 people named Blatchford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,016.

#24,466

rank among US surnames

1,023

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #23,350)

Who is named Blatchford

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Blatchford identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
American Indian and Alaska Native 7.2%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blatchfords

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Samuel Blatchford
American jurist (1820–1893); US Supreme Court justice from 1882 to 1893

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blatchford come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, which is probably named with the Old English personal name Blæcca + ford (“ford”).
How common is the surname Blatchford?: 1,023 people in the United States had the surname Blatchford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. It ranked 24,466th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blatchford?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Blatchford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Blatchford?: Samuel Blatchford, American jurist (1820–1893); US Supreme Court justice from 1882 to 1893.
Where is the surname Blatchford most common?: Wikidata records people named Blatchford in the United States.
What type of surname is Blatchford?: Blatchford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Blatchford getting more or less common?: More common. 1,016 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,023 in 2010, up 0.7%.